Hours after the stop, MPD lieutenant cited excessive force
Case notes filed by a lieutenant in the Memphis Police Department’s Internal Services Bureau said that just hours after the traffic stop, they knew the force exerted on Tyre Nichols was excessive.
Ben Wheeler
Ben Wheeler is an investigative reporter and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He previously worked at the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan and Herald-Citizen.
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